A certain chemical equation has three reactants. According toexperiment, it is f

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A certain chemical equation has three reactants. According toexperiment, it is first order with respect to one of the reactantsand second order with respect to each of the other 2 reactants.What is the overall order of the reaction?
Can i see how you worked out the problum ? A certain chemical equation has three reactants. According toexperiment, it is first order with respect to one of the reactantsand second order with respect to each of the other 2 reactants.What is the overall order of the reaction?
Can i see how you worked out the problum ?

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Using the information one can write the rate equation as: Rate = k(a)^1(b)^2(c)^2 where a,b,c are the reactants and k is the rate constant. now sicne Overall order of the reaction is equal to the sum oforders of individual reactant => Overall order of the reaction = 1+2+2=5

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